12:25 AM,
Sep. 22, 2013

Baby girl (3-6 months) holding woman's hand, close-up

Written by

Stephanie Fagnani
For the Poughkeepsie Journal

When Cheyanne Carmen discovered she was pregnant at age 17, the Wappingers Falls resident said she was completely unprepared for the experience.

"I had more questions than you can possibly imagine, and I felt kind of stupid for not having the answers," Carmen said. "But after asking those questions, I realized that there truly is no such thing as a stupid question."

Carmen quickly became involved with the Parent Infant Educator program offered by the Astor Service for Children & Families in Poughkeepsie. The program helped her develop an outline of the steps she needed to take to achieve her ...